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There are so many angles of this story, beginning with these two awful murders and then the question of the link between these two murders and the one in january. >> yeah, a lot of ground to cover here, candy. devastating news that the folks here in kauffman county are waking up to on this easter sunday morning. the news that mike mcclellan, a long-time district attorney, the top prosecutor here in this county was found gunned down, murdered in his home alongside his wife cynthia. this is coming...

Officials here in kaufman county and whether or not theyre being specifically targeted. it does appear to be that way at this point. after the assistant prosecutor was killed in january. mike mclelland had very strong words on how they would go after these killers. listen to what he said two months ago. >> i hope that the people that did this are watching because were very confident that were going to find you. were going to pull you out of whatever hole youre in and bring you back and let the p...

Prosecutor here in kauffman county, a lot of people were on edge because of the way that was done. a brazen attack in the middle of the day as that assistant prosecutor was walking into work. now, two months later the district attorney gunned down in their own homes. so, obviously, this raises a lot of questions as to whether or not these two attacks are related. but mark mcclellan had been very outspoken about wanting to bring the killer of his assistant prosecutor to justice. listen to a littl...

Well return to fareed zakaria in just a moment. but bring you the latest from texas in a chilling news story that is developing here in texas. law enforcement authorities have descended on a neighborhood here in kaufman county just east of dallas where late yesterday the district attorney, the chief top prosecutor in the kaufman county was found murdered inside his own home alongside with his wife, as well. mike mclelland had been the district attorney here for many years, but, more importantly,...

His alleged asisailant was shot dead after a car chase. the fbi apparently has been looking in to whether there is a link between the texas murder of this prison chief and the first murder in this county. >> if you remember, last week, there was this shootout. a high-speed chase and shootout in decatur, texas, which is north of ft. worth. were on the east side of dallas here. in the shootout, they discover authorities have been finding evidence that strongly suggests that evan evil, the man who ...

Assistant prosecutor was gunned down at the end of january, authorities say that they were suspecting that a white supremacist group was behind that aattack. then we saw or have heard that authorities here in texas have been comparing notes with investigators in colorado to see if evan ebil the man they suspect gunned down the colorado prison chief, those cases were related and now you add this case to all of that. no direct links have been tied yet, but it has been clear that perhaps there have...

County prosecute you to the fullest extent of the law. anything that you people can do to accelerate getting our hands on this scum will be appreciated. >> so, you know, clearly, the district attorney here in kauffman had kept up the way he was talking about the killer of his assistant prosecutor. and that was a murder that had left a lot of people in this community on edge and also drawn the attention of law enforcement officials across the state had been working very, had been working very ini...

>> reporter: hi, fredricka. i just spoke with the county judge here in kaufman county who had spoken with mike mcclellan just last week. he was telling me again the question that everybody wants to know at this point is, is there any indication that these two cases are related. this particular gentleman is not part of the investigation but it is the prevailing wisdom around here that many people continue to think that they dont see how these cases are not related. thats what the county judge tol...

The world. some believe it is the cloth that jesus was buried in. experts claim its not authentic. but scientists who conducted new tests say it is, at least its from the time of christ. either way, the catholic church says its important to the religion regardless of authenticity. authorities in texas are hunting for leads in the murder of a county prosecutor and his wife. mike and cynthia mcclellan were shot inside their home near dallas. thats the same place assistant district attorney was g...

Made either between the discovery of the district attorney and the wife dead in their home and a shooting death of an assistant district attorney two months ago. >> reporter: well, that is the element of this story that has really raised the intensity of the investigation. you have that murder of the assistant prosecutor two months ago and now you have the district attorney, his boss, found murdered in his home alongside with his wife as well. the mayor here in kaufman believes that they were ta...